Determining a More Environmental than Spatial Influence on Structuring Fish Communities and Ecological Boundaries of Fangcheng Coastal Waters, Northern South China Sea

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Wang, X.; Wang, L.; Chen, H.; Jia, X., and Jackson, D.A., 2017. Determining a more environmental than spatial influence on structuring fish communities and ecological boundaries of Fangcheng coastal waters, northern South China Sea. In: Zhi, Y. and Guido Aldana, P.A. (eds.), Sustainability of Water Resources and the Development of Coastal Environments: Select Proceedings from the 2016 International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE2016). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 80, pp. 55–68. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Fangcheng coastal waters in the northern South China Sea provide critical habitats for many commercially important fish species by offering essential spawning, feeding, and nursery areas for one or more stages of their life history. A total of 127 fish species and environmental data were collected by trawl surveys at 18 sites of Fangcheng coastal waters in Spring and Fall of 2014. The species richness and abundance of fish community were analyzed...

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